Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Central had its changeover evening recently at Grand Old House.
President Ms Sandy McFarlane welcomed everyone and reminded fellow Rotarians that the Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Central received its charter from Rotary International on 30 October, 1986.
She congratulated the three founding members, in attendance, PAG William (Bill) Rewalt, Past President David Phipps and Past President Altee Thompson.
The signature projects for the Rotary Club Central continue to be the bus shelters, cleaning up the beaches, home repair projects, Junior Achievement, improving and enhancing literacy, Take a Kid Fishing, the science fair and now the burglary prevention programme.
This was also a time to honour the past presidents and there was a record attendance of past presidents this year who were thanked for their previous and continuing service to the club.
The evening was also made special by Henry Muttoo being made an honorary member of the Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Central. His passion, dedication and creative drive has been a major catalyst for change and growth in the cultural arena in Cayman since he started working here 25 years ago, states a press release. Nowadays due to Henry’s efforts to promote excellence in local arts and culture the population can point to several Caymanian artists whose accomplishments form part of the national identity. Henry has brought national and international attention to the work of cultural trailblazers such as Radley Gourzong and Gladwin ‘Lassie’ Bush. He has spent countless hours mentoring younger artists among them Frankie Flowers Jr., Rita Estevanovich and Quincy Brown, all of whom literally grew up on stage at the Harquail Theatre.
He is perhaps best characterized by a sense of community spirit, fairness and a deep rooted work ethic that has gained him respect both here and abroad for his personal and professional qualities.
The Rotary Club always welcome new members who may contact any of the following Board members for more information or details:
President
Sandra McFarlane
President Elect
Neville Smith
Secretary
Andrew Small
Treasurer
Novelette Ebanks
Sergeant at Arms
Ben LeSueur
Club Service
Desiree Charles
Special Projects
Greg Vasic
Vocational Service
Wil Pineau
International Service
Juliet Osborne
Communications
Fiona Moseley
Community Service
Ken Guiste
Vice President
Paul Byles
Immediate Past President
George Meggs
Foundation
PP Altee Thompson
Past Presidents have been the following:
1986 – 88
John Furze (deceased)
1988 – 89
Linford Pierson
1989 – 90
CA ‘Sammy’ Jackson
1990 – 91
Herman Wilson
1991 – 92
Donovan Smith
1992 – 93
John Mathewson
1993 – 94
J. William Rewalt
1994 – 95
Rex Crighton
1995 – 96
Jennison Nunez
1996 – 97
Everard Leacock
1997 – 98
Fred Speirs
1998 – 99
Mario Ebanks
1999 – 00
Richard Lewis
2000 – 01
David Phipps
2001 – 02
Altee Thompson
2002 – 03
Peter Schmid
2003 – 04
Len Layman
2004 – 05
John Elliott
2005 – 06
Lyndhurst Bodden
2006 – 07
George Meggs
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